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If firewalls are offered in your datacenter and firewalls have been created in your virtual datacenter, then you can assign firewalls to your virtual machines.
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Abiquo supports firewall policies that are similar to security groups in private cloud with network managers, and in public cloud providers that support security groups, such as AWS and Azure.
If your provider offers firewall policies, first create them in your virtual datacenters, then assign firewall policies to your VMs.
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Privileges: Assign firewall |
To assign a firewall from the virtual datacenter to a
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VM:
Go to Virtual datacenters
Edit the
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VM and go to Firewalls
In the Firewall policies list, select the firewall
Click Save or continue editing the VM as required
Troubleshooting:
If you cannot assign more firewall policies, check your cloud provider's limit. For example, for AWS, see
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Remove a firewall from a virtual machine
To remove a firewall from a virtual machine:
- Edit the virtual machine and open the Firewalls tab
- Remove the tick beside the firewall in the Firewall policies checklist
- Click Save
Related pages
- Main VM configuration page Configure Virtual Machines
- Create firewall policies at the virtual datacenter level: Manage Firewalls and Load Balancers
If your provider's default firewall policy does not display, you may need to synchronize your virtual datacenter or firewall policies before you continue
If an expected firewall policy does not display, for example, a firewall policy that you recently created, you may need to wait for the firewall policy to propagate through the provider's API because of eventual consistency
You can remove the default firewall when editing a VM. However, if the provider requires a firewall and you do not supply another one, the platform will assign the default firewall again.